Pouring vessel



D. A. BELDEN POURING VESSEL April 16, 1940.

Filed May 3, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Do: A. BELDEN April 16, 1940. BELDEN 2,197,141

- POURING VESSEL Filed May 5, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,qPatented Apr lfi, 1940 a t I Q UNITED- STATES PATENT orr -ce j 2,197,141 '3 i roUmNG vEssEL I Don A. Belden, Akron, Ohio V I Application May 3, 1938, Serial No. 205,777 3 Claims. (01. 53-9),

This invention relates to pouring vessels of a a The position or direction of the gapor dj ntype provided with opentops and lids or closures ing ends between the handle and the lid knob is v I therefor with'which are associated means for the not controlling in this type of construction. For

' prevention of dislodgment of the lid or closure instancet in the modified form ofth'e'invention 5 when the vessel is tilted for pouring. I shown in Figures 4 and '5,the handle lz rnay be" a v The general purpose of the inventionis to proshaped so as closely to embrace'the lid asat 2B e vide such a vessel with a handle and a lid or and;.the-gap w may be at an opposite angle, the;v n closure "so associated that the lid in at least one clearance between handle I2 and ,knob [8 being I position on the vessel cannot be dislodged oil the such that the lid cannot be cooked or tilted to 10 vessel when the same istilted. disengage it from the vessel excepting when knobs- The foregoing andother purposes of the in-' l8 is turned to the dotted-line positionshown. vention areattained' in the tea kettles illustrated It will be apparent from the foregoing that in the'accompanyingdrawings and described be- 1 within the spirit and scope of the invention there low. It is to be understood that thevinventionlis are various ways a pouringvessel' may be pro-. v a not limited to the specificform thereofshown vided with a lid, knob and handle, so formed A and "described.,,'- v that by rotation to one position the knob will I Of the accompanying drawings, merge with the handle with or without a gap or Figure 1 is a plan view of a tea kettle embodyclearance between them, the knob and handle ing the invention. j being so formed thatthe lid isembraced and g .2 Figure 2 is anelevation thereof. I held against dropping or sliding: out ofthe top of 20.

I Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2. the pouring vessel when the knob is in that posi Figure 4 is a plan of a modified form of the in-" tion and the lid being removable by rotation of vention, and w the'knob out of merging. relation with the handle."

Figure 5 is an elevation'thereof. I Hence, numerous modifications of the; invention,

ReferringtoFigures 1 to: 3, of the accompany otherthan those disclosed, may be resorted rto 25 mg drawings, the numeral Hljdesignates a vessel without departing from the spirit thereof or the such as a tea'kettle which may'have a pouring scope of the appendedclairns. v e spout.ll,ahandle l2 andaclosure, lid or cover l3 What is claimed is: v I t o vfitting-into the usual topopening of. the vessel. I 1. The combination in a pouring vessel having Handle I 2 may be secured on the vessel [0 in an open top and a lid of a handle secured onto 30 any suitable Way as by screws l4 extending the pot at the rear thereof and extending 'upthrough the handle andthreaded into nuts l5, l5 wardly above the lid, said lid having a radially arranged in any suitable way in a channel piece extending knob centrally of the top thereof I lfisecu'redonto vessel l0, saidchannel piece pref- I adapted to be rotated to or from a position. in v erably fitting in a slot formed in handle l2 (see which itextends towardthe rear ofthe pot and 1 Figure 3). r e r J merges with the handle to lock the lid on the Handle I2 may be formed with an opening as vessel against displacement when. pouring, there r at I'l to provide a suitable hand grip portion and being clearance between "the knob and the ham? v is extended upwardlytothe'top of the vessel addle; wherebythe knob can be turned freely away 7 40 jacent the top or lid l3. The. lid I3 is provided from thehandle and from its locked position to with aknob l8 which-may beshaped and suitably release the lid, the 'knob and handle being so 1 secured' to the lid, as shown, so that in one posi-- formed when merged astoemorace the lid and I tion of lid l3 the knob- 18- has the appearance of prevent itssliding or dropping off the vessel when a continuation of the handle, the two, merging the vessel is-tilt'ed f vp ll v preferably being separated by a gap at [9, 2. The combination'in a ,pouring vessel having" 7 although in certain types of construction knob l8 an ope p and a h dle; secured onto may contact the' handle. the rear of the pot and extending upwardly above In placing the lid 'on the pot it maybe placed the Said lid having v endingknobk" with knob 18; in the dotted-line position and the centrally of the top-thereof adapted to be rotated l 5 lid rotated on the top of the vessel until the knob to or froma position in whieh'it extendsrtoward' 50 "l8 assumes thefull-line position thereof in 00- the rear of the pot and merges with the handle I operation withthe handle. In this position it is with cle r nc betwee t b d e nd e, impossible for the lidto become cockedsufilcientthe knob and handle being so formed when v y in e top Opening so as to loosen and fall off merged as to embrace the .lid and prevent its 7 I 5 the vessel when the vessel is tilted for pouring. sliding or-dropping off the vessel when the vessel r is tilted for pouring, said knob being attached to the lid, whereby the lidrotates with the knob and said clearance permitting free turning of the' knob away from the handle to release the lid for removal.

3. The combination in a pouring vessel having an open top and a lid, of a handle secured onto the rear of the pot and extending upwardly above the lid, said lid having a radially extending knob centrally of the top thereof adaptedito be rotated to or from a position in'which it extends toward sliding or dropping off the vessel when the vessel is tilted for pouring, said handle being secured onto the body of the vessel and extending up-. wardly and having an upper end projecting at the top of the vessel and said knob being so formed and so secured to the lid as to rotate the i lid and to extend, in one position of the lid, to-

ward the rear of the pot and said upper and ot the handle, theknob having an'end formed corresponding to the end of thehandle whereby the v end'of the handle an d the, adjacent end ofthe knob, in one position of the, latter, cooperate, to

prevent sliding or dropping of the lid from the vessel when the latter is tiltedfor pouring, said clearance beingsuch that the knob may be freely turned away from the handle to release it for removal. 1 i

DON A. BELDEN. 

